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Modeller Build Logs
El Alamein Sherman III DV with full interior |
| By Hans Haase | | Started: | Oct 2, 2005 | | Updated: | Mar 23, 2006 |
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I had been planning a Sherman III for quite a while, and buying bits and pieces over time for the build. Most of my inspiration came from a photo on British Pathe of a tank named Bacchus, with an unusually placed and unusually large name on the rear plate.
When I saw James Wechsler do his excellent Sherman III over the past few weeks, I was pushed over the edge to do my own. Thankfully, Chesapeake Models Designs made an appearance at the recent AMPS East with the hull I was looking for.
I have a feeling this will be a long and arduous process, just from the sheer count of resin sets I need to coordinate, but I really can't wait to get into it.
-Hans Haase
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| Chapter 13 - Base coat and marking the camouflage | Dec 2, 2005 |
Well, I had planned on showing how I did the basecoat.... but lost the pictures in a terrible 'wrong button' incident. I basically used the same method as James Weschler in his build though, so you can also look at his pictures. The initial paint coat was in a dark brown, overcoated with ModelMaster 'Sand' sprayed straight from the bottle. However, I didn't leave as much final shading as James did, as I will be doing a more complex overall scene and don't want to make things too confusing.
In the photo here I've used Mike Starmers diagrams provided in his excellent books on British camo schemes to mark out the disruptive pattern to go on later. This method is much easier than going straight to paint, as you can take your time more and plan things out ahead of time. When actually spraying, it's as simple as a paint-by-numbers picture.
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